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All results from a given calculation for SOCl2 (thionyl chloride)

using model chemistry: MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1392.004275
Energy at 298.15K-1392.005113
HF Energy-1391.340228
Nuclear repulsion energy275.814913
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 1249 1198 151.53      
2 A' 462 443 77.08      
3 A' 316 303 13.70      
4 A' 176 169 0.00      
5 A" 417 400 176.99      
6 A" 254 244 12.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1437.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.959) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1378.1 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.15711 0.08817 0.06107

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
S1 0.181 0.746 0.000
O2 -1.134 1.427 0.000
Cl3 0.181 -0.687 1.604
Cl4 0.181 -0.687 -1.604

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  S1 O2 Cl3 Cl4
S11.48122.15122.1512
O21.48122.96182.9618
Cl32.15122.96183.2082
Cl42.15122.96183.2082

picture of thionyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O2 S1 Cl3 107.821 O2 S1 Cl4 107.821
Cl3 S1 Cl4 96.433
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability